This ECOS Green Report showcases seven recent and ongoing state Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) initiatives and highlights their environmental and economic benefits. Covered topics include reuse of dredged material in…
Green Reports
ECOS Green Report: State Environmental Justice Highlights in 2023
This ECOS Green Report explores state efforts to advance Title VI and EJ in 2023, and highlights topics examined during ECOS EJ Workgroup meetings.
PFAS in Biosolids: A Review of State Efforts & Opportunities for Action
For years, states have been actively working to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in a variety of environmental media. One recent challenge is the management of solids, which…
ECOS Green Report: State Strides on Environmental Justice & Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
This ECOS Green Report provides highlights of four well-attended 2022 virtual ECOS EJ Workgroup meetings, held in conjunction with U.S. EPA. Spotlighted topics described in this report include working with…
ECOS Green Report: Alternative Compliance Monitoring Strategies
The nation’s major environmental statutes provide avenues for states to assume delegation, authorization, or primacy to implement these laws. Through U.S. EPA-developed documents known as Compliance Monitoring Strategies (CMS), states…
ECOS State Survey on Offsite Compliance Monitoring: A Summary of Findings
This ECOS Green Report highlights the utility of off-site compliance monitoring (OfCM), including the use of virtual walkthroughs to supplement but not supplant onsite inspection activities. Based on the results…
ECOS Green Report: State Environmental Agency Modernization — Leveraging Unmanned Aerial Systems to Improve Environmental Results
In recent years, states have established the use of drones within various environmental programs to boost emergency preparedness and response, water monitoring (harmful algal blooms, E. coli, Cyanobacteria, bathymetric, &…
ECOS Green Report: State Case Studies on the Use of Construction & Demolition Materials to Address the Nation’s Infrastructure Needs
States play a critical role in ensuring the efficient and sustainable use of construction and demolition (C&D) materials in infrastructure. This report presents several case studies, each examining a state…
ECOS Green Report: Status of State Environmental Agency Budgets Fiscal Years 2016 to 2019
In this comprehensive report, ECOS finds that between FY16 and FY19, state environmental agency funding rose 18.9%, or a total of $2.56B, in 46 states and one territory. The report…
ECOS Green Report: Stories of Lean
As the latest item in our Lean series, ECOS is featuring a selected group of narratives, each describing a certain project or aspect of a given state’s Lean experience. These…
